studio

1 a room where radio or television programmes are recorded and broadcast from, or where music is recordeda television studioa studio audience(= one in a studio, that can be seen or heard as a programme is broadcast)a recording studioSee related entries:Radio broadcasting,Producing TV shows

2 a place where films/movies are made or producedSee related entries:Making films

3 a company that makes films/moviesShe works for a major Hollywood studio.a studio executiveSee related entries:Showing films

5a place where dancing is taught or where dancers practisea dance studio

6(British English alsostudio flat)(North American English alsostudio apartment)a small flat/apartment with one main room for living and sleeping in and usually a kitchen and bathroom

Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Italian, from Latinstudium

‘painstaking application’

.Extra examplesHe was a studio executive at Paramount.I was doing a lot of studio work and remixing.She taught at a private dance studio.The CD was recorded in his home studio.The photograph was taken in a studio.a major movie studioa studio audience for a new television sitcoma studio executive for a major Hollywood studiothe constraints of the Hollywood studio systemHe was hoping to convert the cellar into a photographic studio.